1891 - What happened in 1891 ?

January 1891

Tuesday 20:

James Hogg becomes the first native Texan to be governor of that state.

Thursday 29:

Liliuokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii, its last monarch.

March 1891

Tuesday 03:

The Penalty Spot Kick rule in Soccer is concieved, but does not come into effect until the next season

Tuesday 10:

Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka Kansas, patents the strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.

Tuesday 17:

The British steamship SS Utopia sinks off the coast of Gibraltar, killing 574.

April 1891

Wednesday 01:

The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.

May 1891

Tuesday 05:

The Music Hall in New York (now known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.

Wednesday 20:

History of cinema: First public display of Thomas Alva Edison's prototype kinetoscope (shown at Edison's Laboratory for a convention of the National Federation of Women's Clubs).

June 1891

Tuesday 16:

John Abbott becomes Canada's third prime minister.

Monday 29:

Street railway in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada commences operation.

August 1891

Monday 24:

Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

September 1891

Sunday 20:

The first gasoline-powered car debuts in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States.

October 1891

Thursday 01:

In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors.

December 1891

Tuesday 15:

James Naismith introduces basketball.

Monday 21:

First basketball game played

Tuesday 29:

Thomas Edison patents the radio.